The Mary Kay Man Himself

I started my Mary Kay business in February of 2008. I gained success in my business by learning how to network with people on a face-to-face basis.

In February of 2009 I launched this blog as my first step to online network marketing. This project has branched out into quite a few portals of online presence that are building my image and ensuring my professional prominence among current and potential clientèle.

Now that 645,750,000 million Twitter accounts have been set up, it’s a great time to distinguish yourself from the rank & file. Building an online presence — whatever the platform — is, in fact, under your control. People using the “Global Whiteboard,” i.e. the Internet, must keep in mind that “Whatever you post can and will [...]

Using Twitter is not difficult and could be a “No Brainer” for some of the 135,000 people signing up EVERY DAY. But getting started the right way takes some thought and strategic planning in advance. Here are your first Pro Steps: 1. Your Twitter name: Authenticity is essential in the practice of journalism, so the name [...]

. . . a blog re-do is similar to a New Year’s Resolution, but in my case, I hope this intention sticks. My previous post suggested that sincere commenters send me emails, and I received two: A) Shari, I am glad you are blogging again. Also, I am pleased I signed up for your RSS feed [...]

Put your hat on for this one! A couple of months ago Bette Holleman and her husband fell behind on their mortgage despite being honest hardworking people. What did Bette do about it? She got her yarn out. “From August 3-31, 2009, I issued the 500 Hat Challenge. My plan was to knit 500 hats. […]

I met Leela Setty at a San Rafael Chamber of Commerce function for women in business. I was impressed at how friendly and approachable Leela was and how easily and artfully she marketed her business. Leela’s story goes far beyond that, however, and connecting with the why’s, how’s and wherefore’s of her start in business […]

In the fall of 2008, after more than a decade of writing and revising, Lee Doyle finally published her first novel, The Love We All Wait For. I met Lee through a networking organization where we were both marketing our respective businesses (Lee owns Credible Communications, a marketing communications firm in Marin County, California.) I […]

Humor (appropriate and well placed) is one of the four tools used by effective presenters. Sometimes it is just good to laugh. Audiences like to laugh too. I tried to catch some fog. I mist. When chemists die, they barium. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. A soldier who survived mustard gas and […]

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Seeing as I have 25,000 subscribers here from over a decade of blogging, I thought worth it updating you all that after more than 6 years, I did in fact leave my position at Google (my original post on joining in case you missed it).

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What if you could take a pill that would fight cancer and other diseases, give you energy and keep you full during meals so that you didn’t overeat unhealthy food? You’d probably take it in a heartbeat. Well, good news, there is such a thing, only it’s not a pill. It’s a food that many […]